{"id":12363,"date":"2021-01-24T12:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T12:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=154014"},"modified":"2021-01-24T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T12:43:51","slug":"kremlin-accuses-u-s-of-interference-after-statements-criticizing-harsh-crackdown-on-navalny-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/24\/kremlin-accuses-u-s-of-interference-after-statements-criticizing-harsh-crackdown-on-navalny-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin Accuses U.S. Of Interference After Statements Criticizing Harsh Crackdown On Navalny Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Kremlin has accused the United States of interfering in Russian domestic affairs after U.S. officials in Washington and Moscow criticized the police crackdown on protesters backing jailed Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny.<\/p>\n
The comments by spokesman Dmitry Peskov, made in an interview broadcast on January 24, echoed earlier remarks from the Foreign Ministry, which alleged that the U.S. Embassy had sought to encourage protesters by publishing an alert warning Americans about the location of the Moscow protest.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other major cities in support of Navalny, who was jailed a week ago after returning to Russia following his recuperation in Germany for poisoning by a military-grade nerve agent.<\/p>\n
“Of course, these publications are inappropriate,” Peskov told state TV. “And, of course, indirectly, they are absolutely an interference in our domestic affairs.”<\/p>\n
It wasn’t clear what Peskov was specifically referring to.<\/p>\n